Unlimited Full Time Faculty- Dental Assistant
About The Position
Hennepin Technical College seeks a full-time Dental Assistant Instructor at its Brooklyn Park Campus. The instructor will support career and technical education, workforce development, and lifelong learning, while contributing to a college environment that values trust, integrity, pride, passion, respect, collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and diversity. The college emphasizes quality and innovation in career and technical education. The position is unlimited and unclassified, and is represented by the Minnesota State College Faculty bargaining unit. The salary range is $44,359 to $98,660, commensurate with experience and qualifications and subject to the applicable bargaining agreement or personnel plan. The position is posted open until filled. Telework is not available. Applicants must submit an online application with a cover letter, vitae or resume, and college transcripts, and address how they meet the qualifications. Official transcripts are required upon hire. The applicant must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the start of employment; the college cannot sponsor work visas or green card applications.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and graduation from an accredited dental assisting program.
- Three full-time years, or equivalent, of verified related paid work experience as a dental assistant.
- At least one year of the required work experience must have occurred within the five years immediately preceding the application, unless waived by two years of successful full-time or equivalent postsecondary teaching experience in the credential field within the last five years.
- Dental Assistant certification by the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB).
- Current Dental Assistant license from the Minnesota Board of Dentistry.
- Meet the teaching and learning competency requirements in course construction, teaching or instructional methods, student outcomes assessment or evaluation, and philosophy of community and technical college education, through coursework or an applicable waiver. Faculty must have a degree in education, three years of successful full-time or equivalent teaching experience before hire, or complete the required coursework before being granted unlimited status, subject to the stated waivers.
- Submit an online application, cover letter, vitae or resume, and college transcripts; application materials should explain how the applicant meets the qualifications.
- Be legally authorized to work in the United States at the start of employment.
Benefits
- Paid holidays (the posting lists 11 and 12 in separate benefits descriptions).
- Vacation time.
- Sick time.
- Six weeks of paid parental leave.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Pension plan.
- 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options.
- Pre-tax medical and dental expense accounts with rollover option.
- Dependent care accounts.
- Employer-paid life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Professional development.
- Tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents.
- Employee Assistance Program offering mental health, legal, and financial counseling.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
